Mid-Life(Crisis) - A Self-Portrait by carodan
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Description
Oil on Canvas. 130cm x 100cm
Comments (24)
mgtcs
Unbelievable quality. Gorgeous!
Conniekat8
Oil on canvas???? Wow, it looks like a well done photograph. Talk about hyper realistic!!! Exquisite!
RAMWorks
Realism at it's best. Dan, your technique and attention to detail is uncanny!!
GrandmaPaula
Superb
auntietk
Phenomenal work!
TerraMatrix
You created a great mood with the lighting and expression! I'm guessing you used a reference, I can't imagine doing something of this complexity without any.
Kerya
Breathtaking.
pops
This is great work
Rorsdors
This is just bleeding brilliant, you have some talent.
ThomasMacCallum
A provocative and captivating portrait, a remarkable achievement.
RobbyBobby
:whoa:
tennesseecowgirl
Fantastic!!
A_
wow. ok, this is just crazy. so good that it's crazy. wow. the colors and light and the choices you made here.. and the subject matter is also excellent. i'm in awe.
sylki
WOW!!!Outstanding work! I really and truly thought that this was a photo!
linkdink
That is truly amazing, on the artistic and craft levels. You do this professionaly, right?
carodan
Thanks for all the great comments folks. I'm really glad you like this one as it's been quite an important painting for me in many ways. I'm going to attend to my artist biog page here properly so you can get a better idea about my background and practice. Thanks again!
magickmedbh
Fantastic! I am so jealous of your talent!!! ;)
bmac62
Just came by...quite by accident. As an oil painting, this is photographically outstanding. The lighting is really fine. I spent a bit of time where you are in this pic...great to be beyond it completely now!!!
Jydekris
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!! THIS IS SO REAL. OIL ON CANVAS? This has got me so astonished.
kobaltkween
i don't think it looks photographic at all. even on a monitor, it has the richness and humanity of oil painting. it seems like everyone is impressed by the realism of your technique, but, imho, absolutely anyone who takes enough time can master realism. don't get me wrong, i greatly respect and admire you taking that time. but what totally impresses me is how you used the light to convey emotion, what you exaggerated and what you downplayed, and how that added to the image, and how all the colors and textures work together. what completely blows me away is the narrative the scene, the light, the expression and the pose create. it deftly raises the quotidian and banal to the heights of a very personal drama. it's a very honest painting, so the detailed individuality heightens its universality. in my experience, it's very rare to see work this strong, meaningful and personal (rather than just conceptual) online. thanks so much for sharing it.
elianeck
so realistic! perfect artistic!
shorterbus
Mid-life crisis? You planning on dying at fifty?
carodan
LOL - 40 is often seen as the age (in UK at least) when one really moves into middle-age (so hopefully another 40 yrs to come - who knows though). I'm 39 in that painting (believe it or not) so it's kind of my visual response to being at this stage in my life.
ArtistKimberly
Brilliant Artwork